Nine families whose loved ones were murdered in the Sandy Hook massacre have settled with Remington Arms, the gun manufacturer whose semiautomatic rifle was used in the 2012 shooting, according to a new court filing.
The Waterbury, Connecticut, filing, first reported by ABC News, did not reveal any financial terms, nor did it disclose when the settlement was reached. It brings an end to a seven-year battle between the families and the company, which is now the first gunmaker held liable for a mass shooting.
Lawyers for the families, who represent five adults and four children who were killed, said the settlement was $73 million. At a news conference in Trumbell Tuesday, an attorney for the family blasted the gun used in the shooting, noting its use by the military as “the most lethal weapon, the most destructive weapon."
